‘Dead’ man interrupts his OWN funeral to reveal he’s still alive

MOURNERS fainted in shock after a “dead” man interrupted his own wake and announced he was still alive, it was reported today.

Family and friends of Gilberto Araujo had spent the night grieving beside his open coffin at his home in Alagoinhas, northeast Brazil.

They had gathered to mourn the untimely death of the popular car washer, who was believed to have been murdered while working on the streets.

But the body they were weeping over was in fact that of another car washer who relatives say looked uncannily like 41-year-old Gilberto.

Two hours before he was due to be buried on Monday morning, the real Gilberto suddenly appeared among the mourners and shouted: “I’m alive, pinch me”.